Graffiti Artist

Bushwick is a hotspot for graffiti artists and street art projects. Check out my photos as well as download a printer-friendly walking map to find out where to go.

Swedish graffiti artist NUG

Before street art exploded into a global phenomenon, Martha Cooper photographed the pioneering New Yorkers who used subway cars as their canvasses. Forty years later, Cooper’s technicolor dispatches from the Bronx are on view at Steven Kasher Gallery...

Futura 2000 with spraycan. Martha Cooper (1983). Taken from Subway Art.

Imagine you own a modest house in the countryside. You are still paying back the mortgage and working hard to make ends meet. Now imagine that one day you find that your house has been graffitied by a renowned artist whose paintings are considered art treasures by experts. Because it’s your property, you don’t hesitate for a second and immediately start cleaning the front of your house. A few days later, you find out you have been sued for breaking a law that protects public art of…

The London graffiti artist shows us his trusted tools of the trade.

SKUF YKK, who achieved fame for his style and the ubiquity of his work in New York City, has transcended the beefs of his youth to become an elder statesman of sorts.

Graffiti Artist Beto Fame is a trained architect with a passion for urban art, who deconstructs buildings and cityscapes to create imagery with a whole new perspective on the world around us